One Substance Added to EU REACH SVHC List

EU REACH SVHC List now contains 251 Entries

On November 5, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the addition of 1 substance to the EU REACH Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) Candidate List.

This action brings the EU REACH SVHC Candidate List to 251 entries. However, some entries are groups of chemicals, so the overall number of impacted chemicals is higher.

The inclusion of substances in the EU REACH SVHC List brings immediate obligations for affected companies using the substances in their products above the stated threshold, including customer notification requirements and notifying ECHA through submissions to the SCIP Database. GreenSoft Technology can help with this process as part of our Data Services.

The 1 new substance, as well as its reason for inclusion and common uses, is listed in the table below:

Substance Name

EC Number

CAS Number

Reason for Proposing

Examples of use(s) in Electronics

1,1'-(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis[pentabromobenzene]

(DBDPE)

284-366-9

84852-53-9

Very persistent and very bioaccumulative, vPvB (Article 57e)

Flame retardant

ECHA’s announcement of the additions can be found here. The full SVHC-251 list can be found here. The last prior addition to the SVHC list was SVHC-250 in June 2025.

GreenSoft can help with EU REACH compliance

The EU REACH SVHC List is typically updated twice per year, resulting in affected companies needing to re-evaluate their product compliance and possibly re-collect substance data from their suppliers.

GreenSoft Technology helps manage this process for companies, including coverage for the SCIP Database, by performing data collection, data validation, substance calculations and report generation as part of our EU REACH data services.

Learn more about how our Data Services can help your company with EU REACH compliance by contacting us.